Covid-19 (Dec 10): Record 2,234 new cases in a day, 70pct in Klang Valley alone

 

Covid-19 | A record-setting 2,234 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by the Health Ministry today, of which 70 percent were in the Klang Valley region alone. 

The last record (2,188) was set on Nov 24. 

According to the Selangor Health Department, the massive spike in Selangor was due to new cases detected from the Seruling cluster involving workplace testing.

The new cases mainly involved the Kapar and Klang locality but has spread across various districts in the state.

There was also a large spike in the Hentian cluster, an existing cluster which emerged from the Kajang bus station. 

Leading indicators:

• Active cases: 11,867 ↑ (1,119 more than the previous day)

• Patients in ICU: 124 ↓ (3 less than the previous day)

• Intubated patients: 60 ↓ (1 less than the previous day)

• Deaths: 3 

[For 14-day cumulative new cases count at mukim (locality) level, click here. For details of new cases by clusters, click here. There may be delays to updates by the respective state health departments.]

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